Come By Chance is a town on the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Located in this town is Newfoundland's only oil refinery, the Come By Chance Refinery operated by North Atlantic Refining, which has a capacity of 130,000 barrels per day (21,000 m3/d).

[4] The town's name is believed to be the result of explorers coming upon a Beothuk path by chance, and naming the location after the unexpected discovery.

[5] Come By Chance was chosen as the location for a Canadian cottage hospital in 1936.

[5] In February 2018, a group of oil refinery workers split a Canadian lottery winning of $60,000,000.